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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219878
Letter from Frange to his sister Tsie TM 219878Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monk Frange at Thebes, greeting his sister Tsie and another sister, Saneth. He tells Tsie that when he comes in she should do his work for him.
In English machine translation
I, Frange, am writing to greet his sister Tsie, and afterwards I also greet my sister Sanetha (?). I am writing to inform you, Tsie, that when I come in, just do my work (?). I greet you and the ground of the dead (?).
Frange was an 8th-century anchorite in western Thebes whose many ostraca survive. The middle and closing phrases are difficult, and the rendering of the final lines is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.